An Epic Christmas: On The Fourth Day…

Four Emerian Marches

‘ “Emer isn’t like the River,” the rider said. His eyes narrowed, as though concentrating on something seen at a distance. “It hasn’t had the cities and the Guild to build a peace, or the Patrol to keep it. It wasn’t even a united country for a long time, just a host of little kingdoms vying against each other, and what peace there is has inched its way out from Caer Argent. The four marches were the very last to be brought under the Duke’s law, which is still a chancy thing in remote parts—like here. You’re right about the link to the River, but that’s also one of the reasons this land has always been fought over.”

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Thornspell

Jacket art by Antonio Javier Caparo

Thornspell is my first novel and is published by Knopf (Random House Children's Books, USA). It won the Sir Julius Vogel Award 2009 for Best Novel: Young Adult and was a Storylines Childrens' Literature Trust Notable Book 2009.